SB0714 Summary

• Appropriates $590.5 million for fiscal year 2022, with $42.5 million from state general fund and remaining funds from federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery funds and other sources

• Allocates $534.5 million to Department of Health and Human Services for behavioral health initiatives including crisis stabilization units ($25M), psychiatric residential treatment facilities ($25M), pediatric psychiatric inpatient infrastructure ($100M), and mental health block grants ($10M)

• Appropriates $31 million to Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity primarily for career path apprenticeship programs ($30M) to expand direct support professional training in medical fields

• Appropriates $25 million to Department of State Police as 50% match for developing and constructing a central intake assessment facility for jail mental health services

• Conditions spending of certain funds on enactment of Senate Bills 597 and 598 of the 101st Legislature and designates portions as work project appropriations extending through September 30, 2026